2025-05-07T13:15:05-05:00 2024-12-31 760269860 Blazek & Vetterling 2900 Weslayan Suite 200 Houston TX 77027 990 2024-01-01 742137744 Crime Stoppers of Houston Inc CRIM 8328491583 3001 Main Street Houston TX 77002 Rania Mankarious CEO 8328491583 2025-05-07 1 0 Barbara Murphy P01386215 7134395739 2025-05-07 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Rania Mankarious 3001 Main Street Houston TX 77002 5365991 0 X www.crime-stoppers.org X 1981 TX To solve and prevent crimes in partnership with the community & the criminal justice system. 30 30 29 722 0 0 2883982 3920987 0 0 112747 152754 61556 158077 3058285 4231818 4272 3585 0 0 1886187 2173104 0 0 424813 1399774 1634245 3290233 3810934 -231948 420884 14820343 15286493 1086616 1064642 13733727 14221851 X Crime Stoppers of Houston's mission is to solve and prevent crime in the Greater Houston area in partnership with citizens, media and the criminal justice system. 0 0 1421899 3585 Tip Line Program: CSOH operates 713-222-TIPS, a telephone tip line. Information about criminal activity is received and transferred to law enforcement for immediate action. Callers are promised anonymity and cash rewards of up to $5,000 in exchange for accurate crime tips. Our organization provides a safe forum for citizens to report crime in their neighborhoods and schools without the fear of retaliation. We are the eyes and ears of law enforcement in the community.Continued on Schedule O.In 2024, the Tip Line received 10,872 tips which assisted law enforcement in solving 362 cases ranging from Capital Murder to Fugitive Warrants that led to 215 suspects being charged and/or arrested. These tips resulted in the seizure of 7 weapons and $105,115 in illegal drugs seized plus $1,174,207 in stolen property/cash recovered. The approved Reward payout to 199 men, women and students, totaled $210,550. CSOH received $51,210 of restricted cash from court fines to help pay tipster rewards and three area law enforcement agencies donated services valued at $1,859,088 to process and investigate the anonymous tips. 1052245 Safe School Institute: The Crime Stoppers of Houston (CSOH) Safe School Institute (SSI) met and exceeded many goals in 2024. The Safe School team reached 178,933 students and 9,451 educators/school law enforcement in just Harris County. Statewide, our partnership with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has proven to be extremely helpful in expanding and building partnerships with school safety personnel across Texas. Outside of Harris County, our team reached 115,096 students and 13,962 educators/school law enforcement in our second year of expansion. Program leads continue to attend monthly meetings on Human Trafficking and Educator Resources and CAPC meetings with Child Advocates of Fort Bend. Continued on Schedule O.Over the past year, we have made significant strides in expanding our educational initiatives. We created the Trusted Adult resource to help tweens identify supportive mentors, developed a comprehensive resource catalog, and produced a Tip Line awareness video to increase student engagement. Additionally, we hosted our first Back to School Poster Contest, with 33 schools participating, and revamped our Resource Center to be more user-friendly, ensuring all safety materials are accessible in one place. At the state level, we continued to grow our newsletter with over 600 school safety contacts from all over Texas, reaching 106 new schools. CSOH and SSI hosted virtual quarterly trainings for school safety personnel and the weekly SAVE webinar series via the CSOH website, covering trending safety topics. Through our partnership with TEA, we've built strong relationships with all 20 regional ESCs and look forward to expanding these in 2025. 604843 The Safe Community Institute met and exceeded many goals in 2024. Throughout the year, the program, which includes the Safe Community Program, Victim Services Program, The Glenda Gordy Research Center, and The Balanced Voice Podcast, reached 2,658,953 community members through prevention education and reached a projected 2,397,832 community members through community outreach events. We reached 243,686 community members and parents through our Safe Community Program, served 1750 victims through our Victim Services Program, reached 2.06 million people though our podcast The Balanced Voice, and provided 355,267 people with crime statistical data through The Glenda Gordy Research Center. Continued on Schedule O.We also launched the NEEDS program which sought to provide valuable crime prevention education to those who serve the special needs community in the hope of preventing crimes against this vulnerable population. Through our Victim Services Program we continued our Victim Impact Statement Video Project in which we provide victims of violent crime with the opportunity to record their story of victimization to be submitted to their victim portal and viewed by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles regardless of their ability or willingness to attend parole board hearings for years to come. We added 15 victim impact statement videos bringing the total count to 47 total videos. We used 3 videos in active parole hearings where parole was denied in all 3 occasions. Our Victim Services Team attended, and spoke at, multiple statewide and national conferences about this project and the program has received state and national accolades for this innovative approach to post-conviction advocacy. 3078987 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 1 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 30 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X X Kathy Elbert 8328491583 3001 Main Street Houston TX 77002 Lindsay Aronstein Chair 4.00 X X 0 0 0 Chris Massey Vice Chair 4.00 X X 0 0 0 Travis Dorroh Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 John Crapitto Secretary 0.40 X X 0 0 0 Vanessa Ames Director 2.30 X 0 0 0 Taseer Badar Director 0.01 X 0 0 0 Wendy Baimbridge Director 0.40 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Hohman Director 0.23 X 0 0 0 Shana Jones Director 0.23 X 0 0 0 Brigitte Kalai Director 0.01 X 0 0 0 Maha Khan Director 0.08 X 0 0 0 Patricia King-Ritter Director 0.31 X 0 0 0 Logan Leal Director 0.15 X 0 0 0 Linda Schaefer Levy Director 0.46 X 0 0 0 Matt Mackey Director 0.08 X 0 0 0 Oscar Martinez Director 0.31 X 0 0 0 Akash Patel Director 0.54 X 0 0 0 Ryan Patrick Director 0.15 X 0 0 0 Ted Poe Director 0.15 X 0 0 0 Cora Robinson Director 0.38 X 0 0 0 Jordan Seff Director 2.30 X 0 0 0 Alicia Smith Director 0.08 X 0 0 0 Jeff Stearns Director 0.31 X 0 0 0 Sean Stewart Director 0.23 X 0 0 0 Jill Talisman Director 0.23 X 0 0 0 Jeff Vaden Director 0.23 X 0 0 0 Justin Vickrey Director 0.12 X 0 0 0 Sheridan Williams Director 0.23 X 0 0 0 Len Wright Director 0.01 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Zadok Director 0.01 X 0 0 0 Rania Mankarious CEO 50.00 X 286462 0 9455 Nichole Christoph COO 50.00 X 106814 0 9455 Cabell Wood Sr. Dev & Programs Mgmt Director 50.00 X 122671 0 9455 515947 0 28365 3 0 1 0 0 325 812916 1199945 1907801 163114 3920987 146338 146338 789001 1600 779933 4252 9068 -2652 6416 6416 508065 812916 349988 158077 158077 4231818 0 0 310831 3585 3585 295917 236734 59183 1570622 1249083 135712 185827 171800 136716 13246 21838 134765 107274 9848 17643 13950 13950 26676 26676 2000 2000 129728 129170 558 187423 149588 7188 30647 255674 215176 39007 1491 90717 79795 10922 169683 135069 12400 22214 83363 83323 40 92601 80012 12005 584 264032 210171 19295 34566 49119 39100 3590 6429 Anonymous cash rewards 218850 218850 Event expenses 44071 44071 Dues & subscriptions 6358 5341 697 320 3810934 3078987 307134 424813 908865 879403 3489057 4085724 351798 531013 3448 5023 2826 58153 10122221 2390350 7984888 7731871 1901354 1820459 178107 174847 14820343 15286493 59130 29776 20400 828979 860019 178107 174847 1086616 1064642 X 12668032 12174765 1065695 2047086 13733727 14221851 14820343 15286493 X 420884 -11060 78300 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1943556 4116567 3112897 2883982 3920987 15977989 1756177 1500350 1597221 1871428 1859088 8584264 3699733 5616917 4710118 4755410 5780075 24562253 72430 24489823 20471 16328 35272 126197 146338 344606 2332 61238 158077 221647 25128506 0.97460 0.98240 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 X 1905620 1905620 7426425 1705846 5720579 790176 684504 105672 7731871 Lease liability 174847 174847 6153561 -11060 1859088 78300 1926328 4227233 1000 3585 4585 4231818 5665437 1859088 1859088 3806349 1000 3585 4585 3810934 Part IV, Line 2b: Dedicated Funds - Money donated to supplement our $5,000 reward is held in escrow because a donor can request a refund if the crime they donated to is not solved within one year. All of these donations stay in escrow because they cannot be used for anything but a supplemental reward and can be returned to the donor at their request at any point in time after one year. Unclaimed Rewards - Each month, a committee meets, reviews the tips and approves the reward payout. Each tipster is given a number and goes to the bank to pick up an envelope with their cash reward in it. Each month there are rewards that are unclaimed, so if they are not picked up within two months, the money is returned to the account and put in escrow for six months. After six months, the unclaimed amounts are moved back into the Rewards Fund. Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments: Reverted rewards 78,300. Part XI, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Apportionment of reward funds 3,585. Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments: Apportionment of reward funds 3,585. Gala 1180051 706831 473220 114787 51540 3075 145166 Luncheon 140930 106085 34845 9422 20898 5100 1320981 812916 508065 124209 72438 8175 145166 349988 158077 X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rania Mankarious CEO 249462 0 25000 0 12000 0 0 0 9455 0 295917 0 0 0 Part I, Line 7 The CEO received a bonus of $25,000 in 2024 based on personal and organizational performance. This amount was approved by the Board of Directors. The CEO also received a taxable stipend of $12,000 to cover various unreimbursed expenses incurred throughout the year. X Auction items 39 127666 FMV X Supplies 3 17948 FMV X Raffle item 1 17500 FMV 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1a The Board of Directors elects an Executive Committee from within its membership which has all powers of the Board of Directors between Board meetings. The Executive Committee consists of the officers of CSOH and seven Board members for a total of twelve members. Each non-officer member of the Executive Committee serves for a term of one year. The Nominating Committee prepares a slate of candidates for the seven non-officer members of the Executive Committee, and the Board of Directors votes on the slate at the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the Annual Meeting. The powers and duties of the Executive Committee are as follows: A. The Executive Committee has all powers of the Board of Directors between the meetings of the Board of Directors; B. The Chairperson of the Board is the Chairperson of the Executive Committee and presides over all meetings of the Executive Committee; C. The CEO of CSOH is an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee; D. A quorum consists of 50% of the membership of the Executive Committee; E. The Executive Committee meets when called by the Chairperson, with notice. In lieu of meeting in person, the members of the Executive Committee may be polled by telephone or by email on items affecting CSOH as determined by the Chairperson. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 Membership is available to those who meet the requirements as determined by the Board of Directors. Emeritus Membership consists of previously elected Directors or prominent members of the community who have exhibited extraordinary leadership in the community and dedication to the mission of CSOH. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The completed Form 990 is reviewed by the CEO and Board Treasurer. A copy of the Form is distributed to all Directors prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The conflict of interest policy is stated in the bylaws and is distributed to each Director at every Board meeting. Directors are asked to disclose any potential conflicts of interest on a form at every meeting. Any forms received are reviewed by the Certified Operating Officer. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The CEO's compensation is reviewed annually by members of the Board using comparability data. The deliberation and decision are documented. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Made available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Reverted rewards 78,300.